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More history ideas http://historytours.wikispaces.com/ Here is a blog post on using Google Earth for a Civil War Projecthttp://blog.teachthecivilwar.com/lesson-ideas/google-earth-and-the-civil-war/ Note: you need to download Google Earth http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html to open the .kmz file with the lesson [[file/view/civil_war.kmz|civil_war.kmz]]
This tour highlights the major events of the American Civil War. Start at Fort Sumter and end at Appomattox.

Idea for Implementation: Following the path of the Civil War while instructing on major battles provides excellent visual literacy. Students will see the initial push north and the response that led to the South's ultimate defeat.
Mars in Google Earth
**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjcCF6cIlPw&feature=channel**

GeoGreetings
http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html

Tutorials and Resources

Dr. Alice Christie's Google Earth Resource Guide
**http://www.alicechristie.org/gearth/index.html**

Links and Ideas for Google Earth

Welcome To Google Lit Trips! Using Google Earth to show locations for popular literature. K-12
http://www.googlelittrips.org/

Real World Math - Using Google Earth
**http://www.realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html**

Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html

The Jane Goodall Institute's The Gombe Chimpanzee Blog
http://www.janegoodall.org/gombe-chimp-blog/

Crisis in Darfur
http://earth.google.com/outreach/kml_entry.html#tCrisis%20in%20Darfur

Lat Long Blog
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/02/putting-google-earth-to-test.html

Global Volcanism Program
http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/globallists.cfm?listpage=googleearth

Explore The Artic with Google Earth
http://www.sierraclub.org/arctic/maps/

Tutankhamun's Tomb
http://earth.google.com/outreach/kml_entry.html#tTutankhamun%27s%20Tomb

Juicy Geography: Google Earth Lessons
http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearth.htm

Google Earth Projects
http://apps.bcbe.org/blogIT/?p=62

Google Maps

My Maps


Narrated Tours


A collection of links on Google Earth ad Maps

Google Latitude

Gallery of Google Earth Gadgets
Download Google Earth
Google Earth Lit Trips
Getting Started with Google Maps
Google Maps User Guide
Google Earth and Math
Geo For Educators
Complete List of Google Earth Activities
22 Interesting Ways to use Google Earth in the Classroom
GoogleEarthGoods Wiki
Getting Started with Google Maps
Google Earth Competition
Tech Diva's Google Earth
Postcard Activity
Cheryl Davis's Gone Google
Thematic Mapping Engine
Cindy Lane- Google Earth Girl
Best Websites for Teaching Geography
GLI @ CUE
Google Earth Overview and Activities
Complete List of Google Earth Activities
GELessons
Dig a hole through Google Earth
Framing a Field Trip with Google Earth
Official Google Earth Tutorials
Google Earth Caravan Project
Google Earth wiki
Google Earth Community